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| Iran 'standing down' after missile strikes - Trump | Iran 'standing down' after missile strikes - Trump |
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| US President Donald Trump says Iran "appears to be standing down" after it targeted air bases housing US forces in Iraq. | US President Donald Trump says Iran "appears to be standing down" after it targeted air bases housing US forces in Iraq. |
| Mr Trump said no US or Iraqi lives were lost in the attacks, and the bases suffered only minimal damage. | Mr Trump said no US or Iraqi lives were lost in the attacks, and the bases suffered only minimal damage. |
| The attacks on the Irbil and Al Asad bases came early on Wednesday morning local time. | The attacks on the Irbil and Al Asad bases came early on Wednesday morning local time. |
| Iran said they were a retaliation for the assassination of top Iranian General Qasem Soleimani last week. | Iran said they were a retaliation for the assassination of top Iranian General Qasem Soleimani last week. |
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| The killing in a US drone attack was a major escalation in already deteriorating relations between Iran and the US. | |
| Mr Trump said the US would immediately impose additional financial and economic sanctions on Iran, which would remain until it "changed its behaviour". | |
| The US president has previously threatened military action against Iran if it targeted US personnel and bases, but on this occasion he stopped short of this. |